Denise Richards Details All the Plastic Surgery Procedures on Her Face

“[It’s] like you remodel a house and do one room and the room looks great, but it doesn’t match the rest of the house,” Richards illustrated. “So, I told him, ‘You’re the artist.’ His work was impeccable, I saw so many before-and-afters, and I just said, ‘Do what you want to do.'”

Prior to the major surgery, Richards shared that she had “never done anything” outside of “a little botox” and “some fillers”—which she noted only made her feel less confident about her image.

That’s part of why the Bond Girl wasn’t aware of just how painful the recovery would be, especially the incisions left behind on her scalp from the brow lift.

“That is no freaking joke with the pain,” Richards emphasized, calling her first night post-op “the roughest.”

Still, despite the difficult rehabilitation—and the fact that she still feels numbness under her chin—the reality star is ultimately happy with the choice, as she’s learned that success in Hollywood can also put a focus on perceived flaws.

“I always thought I wouldn’t get a facelift and I’m one that says, ‘Never say never,'” Richards noted of her previous mindset. “I was like, ‘Oh, I’m never getting [one] because I didn’t want to not look like myself.'”

For her part, Bunnie, who underwent a similar plastic surgery experience in March with striking results, agreed, “It was a lot and so freaking painful.”  

“I don’t think people realize how big of a surgery it is,” the podcaster admitted. “I was down for the count. I had to, like, go into hiding for a little bit.”

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